Book excerpt: Having taken down most of their powerful pursuers, Serpentus and Sherisha continue toward the powerful artifact their master, Dreadwing, sent them to retrieve. Only three heroes remain to stop them: Julia Diggers, her arch-rival G'nolga, and chi-based Weapons-Master Rhoaton. But with Sherisha able to manipulate all the deathtraps protecting the artifact against them, even their combined expertise may not be enough!